Necktie-knot support



Jtme 18, 1929.

. H. M. BAKER ET AL NECKTIE KNOT SUPPORT' Filed July 14, 1927 M. Baker LIGHT-L E.

Ham-y El-Ler' Jr.

gwvmtoa Patented June 18, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENTQFFICE,

HARRY M. BAKER, or BURLINGTON, VERMONT, AND JOHN R. emu, .13., or

CONRAD, IOWA.

NECKTIE-KNOT SUPPORT.

Application filed July 14,

The present invention relates to improvements in neck tie knot supports or holders for use in connection with scarfs or neck ties of the four-in-hand type.

With scarfs and neck ties of the four-inhand type, it quite frequently happens that the knot shifts or slips upor down out of proper position on the shirt collar soon after the tie has been placed in position and tied in place, and thus rendering the general appearance of the neck tie unsightly. This slipping or shifting of the knot is especially noticeable when the tie isbeing used upon a soft or semi-soft collar, and in order to prevent the knot from slipping, the knot is ordinarily drawn up tight aboutthe collar. This contracting of the tie about the wearers neck becomes most uncomfortable, and is quite often inefiective in serving to retain the. knot in proper position, aside from being injurious to the fabric of the necktie.

It is thereforea primary object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved device for holding the knot of a scarf or necktie in proper position upon the collar Without resorting to-the aforementioned methods employed in an endeavor to retain the knot in a proper and neat appearing relation upon the collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved neck tie knot support or holder affording a simple, elfective, and comfortable means for holding the knot of the tie in proper shape and securely in proper place against the shirt collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved device ofthe class described which aside from serving to hold the neck tie knot against displacement, also provides a form for holding the shape of the knot, and which device will be practically concealed when associated with the knot.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved neck tie knot support or holder which is of extremely simple construction, and which device may be readily associated with various types of collars either as an integral part thereof or of a nature to be detachably associated with the collars.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing 1927. Serial No. 205,643.,

forming a part of this specification and in which drawing: f I I,

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improved support or holder. Figure2 is a plan view of one form of the improved support adapted to be detachably T associated with a collar.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectionon line 33 of Figure l and illustrating the application of the form of support as illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan View of a slightly modified orm of support to be slipped over the upper edge of a collar. I

Figure 5 is a" fragmentary perspectiveview showing a further form of the support as forming an integral part of the collar construction I Figure 6 is a fragmentary section on line 6-6 of Figure 5. I

Referring to thedra'wing in detail,,and wherein similar reference characters desig- Irate corresponding parts throughout thefsew g eral views, "the letter A designates a conven tional type of collarprovided with the usual overlapping flaps Bwhich areapertured for receiving the usual collar button 0 whereby the collar is retained in position about the Wearers neck, and'D a scarf or neck tie of the four-in-hand type adapted to be associated in the usual manner with the colla'rA. The letters E, F and H may designaterespectively slightly modified forms of the improved support orholder adapted for retaining the tie D against displacement or relative shifting with respect to the collar A. p

Referring particularly to the form of support E as illustrated in Figures 1, Q' and 3, and which is adapted to be detachably associated with the collar A whenserving as a supoprt for the tie D, this suport is of sheet like formation and is preferably construct-ed of a material such as heavy fab ric, celluloid, or any suitably stiff, pliant material, or if desired, or a combination of any of the aforenientioned materials. support E consists of a flat, elongated sheet like body formed at one end'with a'fsubstantially oval shape tab 10 and at its opposite end with a substantially rectangular shaped stem or attaching portion 11, the terminal portions 10 and 11 being connected by a reduced neck portion"12. This reduced neck portion 12 forms'substantially shoulder like projections' 13 at the inner end of the The oval shaped ta-b'lOlfacing in a general direc't-ion toward the stem portion 11.' Pro 'vided in the stem or attaching portion 11 is a suitable aperture 14: through which the button C is intended to project for detachable connection of the support to the collar A. i

As in practice, and when tying scarfs or neck ties of the'four-in-hand type for formation of the usual knot 15, one or more wraps oi the material are carried transversely of the knot at the outer side thereof as at 16, and which transverse portions of the material serve as a facing for the knot, and provide open ways at the upper and lower edges of the transversely extending facing,

- By observing Figure 3 it will be seen that the stem portion. 11'. extends downwardly between the collar flaps B and that the butfton C for attaching the terminal portions fore" drawing the knot into proper for-ina- I tionpthe oval shaped tab 10 is inserted behind the transversely extending facing 16 fromythe open way formed at the upper edge thereof and after which the knot is drawn firmly about the tab in such manner that the tab is firmly held in place and in coupled relationwith the knot. As the knot 15' is drawn up into proper relation with the collar A, the oval tab ismore firmly gripped by the facing 16 and the upper edge of the facing is'sdrawn into the reduced neck portion 12 in a manner whereby shoulders 13 will act in a manner for preventing the knot from slipping downwardly.

Thus it will be seen that when the stem 11 is connected as by means of the button C between the collar flaps B, and the oval tab 10' gripped by tightening of the tie knot 115., that the knot is efliciently held 'against'displacement with respect to the collar.

By so providing the reduced neckpoi'tion between the terminal portions 10 and 11,

such neck portion permits of the support to be readily looped into invertedU-shaped formation when applying the support and this reduced neck portion also reduces the amount of material looped over the upper edge of the collar to be concealed by the upper edge of the transverse facing 16.

'It will also be observed that by so having the support E formed of suitably stiii pliant material, that the oval shaped tab 10 aside from retaining the knot in place, will formation and slipped downwardly also serve as a form for retaining the knot in a neat appearing condition.

Referring now to the form of support or holder as illustrated in Figure l,-the same is of substantially like construction as that of the form of support E exceptior the provision of the aperture 14, and embodies a substantially oval shaped tab portion 10', a stem portion 11, and a reduced neck portion 12 connecting the terminal portions 10 and .11 and providing arcuate shaped shouldcrs 13 at the inner end of the oval shaped tab. \Vith this form of application of the. improved support for use as a means for holding the knot in place upon the collar,

the support is looped at the reduced neck portion 12 into substantially inverted U Yep the upper edges ofthe overlying flaps ot' the collar with the oval shaped tab portion 10 entering the knot and with the depending stem portion 11' extending between the innermost flap next to the neck of the wearer.

lVith this application of the support it will be seen that by so having the support looped across the upper edge of the overlying flaps,

that the knot 15 will be prevented "from sliding downwardly. It is believed that it will be well understood the manner in which the support may be used merely as a device to be slipped downwardly over the upper edge of the collar, by observing the substantially inverted U-shaped formation of the form of support as illustrated in'Figure 3.

With reference now to the form of support H as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, and which form of support is intended to be secured to and form an integral part of the collar construction-as designated at A, the same includes an extensionor attaching portion 20 which is intended to be secured at its terminal portion to the upper portion of the inner flap B as by means of suitable stitching; and carried by the extension 20 'is a substantially oval shaped tab 21 which when the support is secured to the collar rial as that of the collar, the support may a be starched and ironed along with the collar for rendering the support suitably stifi for the purpose intended.

It will of course be understood thatjeither of the forms E, For H may be used with any type of shirt collanhregardless as to the particular nature or material of which the collar is formed, or whether the collar be attached to, or separate from the shirt. In all three forms of theinvention it will be seen that the substantially oval shaped tab is provided for insertion into the knot in a manner to prevent displacement of the knot after once being properly associated with the collar.

A further application of the device will be found in using the support to hold neck ties in their proper place when being displayed in connection with collars in show windows or the like, and wherein in most instances the display forms will not permit of the tie to be drawn tightly about the shirt collar with which it is being displayed.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that a novel and improved device for holding the knot of a neck tie in adjust-ed relation upon a collar has been provided, and which device will not detract from the general appearance of the knot nor render wearing of'the device uncomfortable owing to the relatively flat construction of the support.

Changes in detail may be made to the specific forms of the invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claims.

We claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a support for retaining the knot of a neck tie against displacement upon a collar, consisting of an elongated, substantially flat pliant strip having a reduced medial portion defining terminal tab and stem portions at opposite ends of the strip, and shoulders at the inner portion of the tab facing in the general direction toward said stem portion.

2. 'As an article of manufacture, a sup port for retaining the knot of a neck tie against'displacement upon a collar, consisting of a substantially flat pliant strip looped intermediate its ends into substantially inverted U formationfor providing tab and stem portions disposed in spaced confronting relation and connected at their upper portions by a reduced neck which the strip is looped.

8. As an article of manufacture, av support for retaining the knot of a neck tie against displacement upon a collar, consisting of an elongated, substantially flat pliant strip of material having an oval shaped tab formed at one end for removable insertion into the knot from the upper portion thereof, and provided at its opposite end with a stem portion, for detachable connection with the collar at the connecting flaps thereof.

4. As an article of manufacture, a support for retaining the knot of a neck tie against portion upon displacement upon a collar, consisting of an elongated, substantially flat pliant strip including terminally formed tab and stem portions connected by a reduced medial neck portion upon which the strip may be looped for disposing the terminal tab and stem portions in spaced confronting relation, said stem portion being provided with an aperture thru which a collar button may extend for detachably associating the support with a collar.

HARRY M. BAKER. JOHN R. GIER, J R. 

